Giorgio De Chirico On Sale

You are likely to find exactly the giorgio de chirico on sale you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Modern style, while we also have 2 Modern versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking to add a giorgio de chirico on sale to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, blue, brown, gray and more. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, metal and brass, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. If space is limited, you can find a small giorgio de chirico on sale measuring 9.45 high and 2.29 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 19.69 across to better suit those in the market for a large giorgio de chirico on sale.

A giorgio de chirico on sale can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $4,218, while the lowest priced sells for $1,156 and the highest can go for as much as $7,231.

The progenitor of metaphysical painting —  a dreamlike, realist style embracing sharp contrasts, sculpted forms and odd juxtapositions — Giorgio De Chirico profoundly influenced many Surrealist artists of his time. His early sculptures and paintings explored the complexities of the mind and reflected his affinity for contemporary European philosophy and Freudian psychoanalysis. Even though the metaphysical movement lasted only a brief time, he left a strong impression on such legendary surrealists as Salvador Dalí, René Magritte and André Breton. 

De Chirico was born in Volos, Greece, to Italian parents. His father was a Sicilian baron and engineer in charge of constructing a railroad in Greece at the time of his son’s birth. In his late teens, De Chirico studied art at various institutions in Athens and Florence. After his father died, in 1905, he enrolled in the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Here, he discovered the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and Arthur Schopenhauer that would help to shape his future works.

In 1909, De Chirico moved to Milan and then to Florence a year later, where he began experimenting with what would become his metaphysical style. After moving again, this time to Paris in 1911, his brother Alberto Savinio helped him get several small exhibitions of his work that eventually were noticed by Pablo Picasso and the poet Guillaume Apollinaire — and his paintings began to sell.

De Chirico was conscripted into the Italian Army in 1915 but was diagnosed with a mental disorder — likely anxiety — and sent to a military hospital where he met fellow artist Carlo Carrà. Together, they devised the metaphysical painting style that consisted of fantastical images of low-lit town squares uninhabited except for marble sculptures, dummies and stretched shadows, purposefully portrayed with flattened surfaces and warped perspectives.

By the 1920s, De Chirico’s style began incorporating Renaissance and Baroque elements, and later works, from the 1960s and ’70s, brought together neoclassicism, Surrealism and ancient mythology. His art is in major museum collections across the world, including the Tate Museum of Modern Art, in London; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, in Venice; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.

On 1stDibs, find Giorgio De Chirico prints, drawings, sculptures and more.